Stories by Maryfran Johnson

CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on the importance of seeking patents for IT innovation when it comes to maintaining a competitive edge and driving new business.

If you're not already working with tech startups on projects pertaining to emerging technologies, it's time to get back in the game, says CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson.

CIOs can earn bigtime bonuses when their businesses meet financial goals. CIO magazine's editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on our exclusive research into CIO pay.

CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson discusses some of this year's CIO 100 winners and how their projects protected companies against big risks

CIO magazine editor in chief Maryfran Johnson looks at how some companies are tackling the complex task of making their tools and processes simpler

CIO magazine's editor in chief discusses our June 15 cover story on the CIO-CMO relationship and why, despite the potential for animosity, there is a big benefit in learning to get along.

CIO magazine Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson considers our June 1 cover story on Equifax's new business strategy, which involves massive amounts of consumer and business data. Gen Y is at the edge of a brand new world devoid of privacy. Do they care?

As the CTO of the Sesame Workshop (Big Bird and Elmo are part of his user base), Noah Broadwater was one of the most popular speakers at IDG Enterprise's recent Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise conference. (IDG Enterprise is the parent company of CIO magazine.)

Set down your devices. Step away from that keyboard. Unplug from your social networks. Let's revisit the basics of face-to-face (F2F), one-on-one human connection.

Sometimes complexity is our friend. We tend to forget that in the barrage of talk about simplicity that surrounds us these days (blame it on the election year). Yet easy answers to complex problems are always, as H.L. Mencken once observed, "neat, plausible, and wrong."

These anxious, uncertain times are clearly reflected in our 2012 State of the CIO research. The results from this time last year seem giddy in retrospect, with our annual research findings meriting a headline that shouted out "Energizing Business."

What have your vendors done for you lately?

I know a lot of CIOs who detest the phrase "IT and the business," implying as it does that IT is a thing apart, a foreign particle in the company body. As someone who believes in the power of language, I'm with them. I cringe to think how often we fall victim to that polarizing phrase in the pages of CIO.

"What motivates people is to feel like they are part of the answer, no matter what the challenge is."

"Kill the Laptop (Its Corporate Days are Numbered)."